Topographic disturbance of subaqueous gravel substrates by signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus)

Geomorphology

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 269-278

  Johnson, Matthew F ^a   Rice, Stephen P ^a   Reid, Ian ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeomorphology; Bioturbation; Gravel bed rivers; Signal crayfish; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOTURBATION; CRAYFISH; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVEL; GRAVEL BED STREAM; RIVER BED; SUBSTRATE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ASTACOIDEA; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS;

EID: 77956870638     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.07.018     Document Type: Article

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